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Queer as Folk

A group of gay friends deals with life's daily challenges.

Set in working-class Pittsburgh, the drama revolves around a group of gay friends and their relationships, careers, loves and ambitions.

Queer as Folk is a drama television series. An American–Canadian co-production, the series ran between December 2000 and August 2005 and was produced for Showtime and Showcase by Cowlip Productions, Tony Jonas Productions, Temple Street Productions and Showtime Networks in association with Crowe Entertainment. It was developed and written by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, who were the showrunners, and also the executive producers along with Tony Jonas, former President of Warner Bros. Television.
Based on the British series created by Russell T Davies, Queer as Folk was the first hour-long drama on American television to portray the lives of gay men and women. Although it was set in Pittsburgh, PA, much of the series was actually shot in Toronto and employed various Canadian directors known for their independent film work as well as Australian director Russell Mulcahy, who directed the pilot episode. Additional writers in the later seasons included Michael MacLennan, Efrem Seeger, Brad Fraser, Del Shores, and Shawn Postoff.

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List of TV shows hipsters love, both current shows and hipster faves from the past. Perhaps a TV-watching hipster seems like an oxymoron; after all, part of being a hipster is eschewing the mainstream and doing things that are different. These TV shows that hipsters love, however, prove that sometimes TV can be just different enough.Some hipster TV shows feature characters who are themselves hipsters. Think of Jess Day from New Girl - from the black-framed glasses to the clothes to her attitude, she’s the quintessential hipster TV character. Or consider Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein from <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-portlandia-episodes/reference" target="_blank">Portlandia</a>, who’ve portrayed characters that embody yet satirize the typical hipster <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-portland-tv-shows/ranker-tv" target="_blank">of the Pacific Northwest</a>: from a focus on eco-friendly life to arguments about who read it/saw it/heard it first, the pair is everything hipster. Hipster TV characters aren’t new, either. Remember Dobie Gillis? He was a hipster. Or, was he, like, a beatnik, man?Other TV shows hipsters love may not have hipster characters, but they’re peripheral enough to be enjoyed ironically or specifically because they are uncool. This class of TV shows for hipsters includes both older shows, such as Star Trek, and ones that are still being produced, such as Jeopardy. Hipsters also enjoy TV shows meant for a younger audience - it’s hard to deny the hipster appeal of <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/powerpuff-girls-characters/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">The Powerpuff Girls</a>. Other hipster watchlist faves are indie shows, the kind that sprung from web series like Broad City.Whether viewers call themselves hipsters, these TV shows with hipster appeal range from comedies to dramas to game shows and everything in between. For extra hipster cred, be sure to watch them on an old black-and-white TV or on a MacBook. And, don't forget to vote up the shows for hipsters you think are the best and see where the hipster shows you love to watch rank.

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This list includes information on American shows based on foreign shows, ranked from best to worst by user votes. Some of the best American shows are actually adaptations of foreign series. Some American shows that you might not have known were remakes include dramas, while other US adaptations of foreign shows are comedies. American television will adapt any genre they can get their hands on! Some of the most popular US TV series of all time were actually based on existing international shows.What series made the cut for this foreign shows that were remade in the US list? Homeland is an award-winning drama for Showtime, but it was actually based on the Israeli series Hatufim which premiered in 2010 and is still airing new episodes. House of Cards is another good American show that is based on a foreign series - the British show of the same name.There are several great American comedies that are also adaptations of foreign material. All in the Family may seem like an iconic US production, but it was based on the UK series Till Death Us Do Part. Other good shows on this top American adaptations list include The Office, Shameless,&nbsp;and Skins.Which American show based on a foreign original is your favorite? Vote the best series up to the top of this list and add any other great foreign adaptations that aren't already listed.

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